Hi, It was not DJ ?, them auditors do show the thick idiots up running companys , check Yardley Ski, But that just goes to show the pratts they have working for them, And the bigger pratts employing then, not only Half Price but Half a Brain, Look at there reviews sounds like a right Pi-key setup.
Like I said not sure which one it was but seen him before and he just likes to antagonize people far as I can see.
Itās no surprise someone reacted.
So yeah back to HPH, was that their Preston yard? Knew they had an ATF lane somewhere but only yard I saw of theirs was Leyland way.
A pik ey setup thats been around for over 50 yearsā¦
They must have done something right?
UK Meet the Tyrants was the auditor, video is called " MAN BUN AND CREW (PART 1)". Definately one of the more abusive auditors, and a perfect example of someone who finds trouble because they constantly go looking for it.
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Check their reviews ? I think they say it all, As for being about 50 plus years , I started in 1972 with a Dodge K1050 handballing bricks On and OFF often doing self unloading. I still can remember unloading 9 thousand bricks i.e. 8 blocks in two and a half hours at Bexleyheath when I had an Octopus , I will Never go Bust ? all that I have is paid for Before itās used lol . no signing the dotted line so no Glad and Sorry, ( If i can do it why cannot anyone else ffs ? )
Maybe I am better at Maths ? Know the operating cost of a vehicle ? Not frightened of getting my hands dirty? Have never asked anyone to do something I cannot or will not do myself? No Sharp Suits / Pointy Shoes / Range Rovers here always plenty of Tea though lol
Just wasted half an hour of my life watching that vid.
Who tf is that guy and what is he trying to achieve ecactly?..(other than get assaulted to make a āgoodā video, that is obvious)
Way I see it he is just being deliberately antagonistic and provocative for the sake of it.
If he was just taking pics/vids for a good and positive reason, (obviously he wasnt) maybe the lass who first met him, would have allowed him, or if he had just asked permission. ā¦
If the firm was doing nothing wrong dodgy or illegal, it could have been turned into a positive, but no chance due to his appaling attitude.
That lad has definitely had some sort of training or instruction on how cope with f/wits like himā¦He did say he was a doorman? He knew exactly what was going on, and was one step ahead of matey.
Many a bloke would have put him on his back,ā¦like ātop knot manā was going for 
ā¦but the lad was astute enough to realise that is just what matey wanted.
As soon as he said āIām getting the Policeā my immeadiate thought was ā¦
āGood luck with that oneā ā¦Iām sure they have actual important stuff to deal with.
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I know what you are saying mate, but your last paragraph also described me when I had a few trucksā¦and my āmathsā were also quite adequate.
You know yourself, as well as know how, you also need a lot of luck in this game.
I had plenty luck at the time, but most of it was bad.
Donāt get me wrong I had a few good years, it was great in fact, but there was NO warning of my main customer going bustā¦(they were part of a large conglomerate, and we later found out that the branch I worked out of was making the most profit in the group.)
It was a big knock that we rode out for a while, but it proved too big a knock
in the end. .especially when VAT people would not give me any leeway where I know I could have sorted things.
Anyhoo thatās lifeā¦and ancient history now.
So not always the fault of the operator or down to his lack of competence for a downfall.
Ive seen them bumbling around the midlands on the A14 and M1 quite a bit over the last week. Trucks not on trade plates, and a smart looking chap in a buttoned up shirt no less, behind the wheel of a newish Iveco. O licences are generally revoked as soon as a haulier goes bump, so i just wondered what the committee thought on this?
No hint of the Waspy Galaxy sat on the S/B slip at Coalville looking to take off in persuitā¦
Heās one of these new breed of journalists - āauditorsā. Some do create the odd interesting video, if they happen to be some place youāre interested in and donāt go out their way to cause confrontation, but most of them are just trouble makers (as above). When they visit somewhere who has clearly being briefed on auditor visits, you can hear the dissapointment in their voice when they donāt get the rise they want!
Another favourite of theirs is to talk down to the staff who come to them:
āYeah, no problem videoing outside here mate, just take care with the trucks turning in at the junctionā
āI can manage not to get hit by a truck thanks, I donāt need you to tell meā (who if they werenāt told, in the event of getting knocked down, will do a Youtube short from their hospital bed on how the company is irresponsible and failed to ensure their safety)
Ahh right got it.
All this āAuditorā journalism stuff as you tell me is called, has obviously passed me by, I was not aware it was actually a āthingā.
I cant say I get it, why would anybody in their right mind, want to go on a site and make a James Hunt of themselves by being deliberately offensive, with the aim of getting a bloody good pasting so as they can record it ā¦
Is that classed as ānormalā behaviour on you tube nowadays?
Strange times we live in, and itās examples like this that makes me glad I am evidently behind them.
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I do get what you are saying itās not always the hauliers fault ( ie companies going bust on you ) i was lucky it never happened to me.
At the time my main customer would not have cheapskates doing their work, John Brooks ā¢ theory was if you are cheap you cannot do it properly .
But when companies go round undercutting the rate to get the work I have NO sympathy for them when they go Tits Up ? Where did Half Price Haulage get that motto from lol They are not alone as you may well know ,to many large companies to mention but i can as i have come across them in my time, not only Green though? Blue / Brown / Red / Red was French now White came in to do all the work at Aston & Full Aylesbury, Aylesbury to Preston paid Ā£ 500 at the time ,Ā£275 but could only do it if they could get a back load, How do i know had a phone call one day asking me to cover it as no back load available so could not do it , Me yes of course i can, Them for Ā£275 , Me F/O can do it for Ā£ 600 , phone call later the Strangler is going to cover it thanks lol, Thatās what you are up against Thickos operating vehicles, expecting drivers to do 15hr days and 9 hr breaks ffs, then wonder why know one wants to work for them ? crying thereās a driver shortage, when the real truth is they are not worth a W==K. Another thing why do you need trackers and cameras in a vehicle to check on the driver ffs again because they are operated by ā ā ā ā Heads. if you cannot trust the man behind the wheel maybe you should not have employed him in the first place ? lol.
Yep, we both sing from the same hymn sheet mate.
There are far more ābad unsā than āgood unsā (haulage employers).
In my book they reap what they sow, but some drivers are so servile, they just allow themselved to be treated like sh as a matter of routine.
If Iām treated well, or at least like a grown up, Iām the model employee, and I have been, Iāll go that extra mile and then someā¦ to help out whenever I can.
My dilemna presently is I work for a ānot too greatā outfit in terms of how they view their drivers, and some of their policies, BUT I like the actual job of work I do a lot.
Soā¦ me being a complete and utter arse towards them would be counter productive, so I give a full 100% then they can not complain, but nothing else, no favours or bendingā¦
In fact (no details) , I lapsed once, I did do a favour about 2 years ago, which did not end too well, not only did I get no backing, but I even got chucked under the bus by one of themā¦So itās doing my job only, and nowt else these daysā¦I do NOT forget things, ā¦nor people who cross me.